Carrie Lynn Fink, 41, allegedly allowed her 7-year-old son to sit on her lap and drive her car because she was drunk

A Texas woman allegedly had her 7-year-old son help her drive her car because she was drunk.

Son Clayton, who reportedly sat on the lap of 41-year-old Carrie Lynn Fink, apparently proceeded to crash into a fence in Lufkin, KTRE reports.

Fink was arrested in connection with the December 8 incident and charged with two felonies: child endangerment and driving while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15 in the car.

The latter charge is punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine in the state of Texas.

She posted $4,000 bail and was released from jail on December 11.

Per an arrest affidavit seen by the Houston Chronicle, Fink admitted to having been drinking wine and allowing her son to sit on her lap while she was driving.

Police say Fink was unable to walk properly.

The car crashed into a fence; it is not clear whether Fink or her son, Clayton, was driving at the time. Fink was arrested and charged with child endangerment and driving while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15 in the car. The crimes are felonies in the state of Texas

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An employee at a business near the scene of the crash was a witness to the crime.

The affidavit reads in part: '[Yvette De La Garza] advised that she personally witnessed Carrie operating the vehicle with Clayton in her lap as the vehicle traveled erratically in the parking lot prior to the crash into a fence.'

Fink was driving a brown Honda CRV.

Dallas News reports that she has been previously arrested on drug charges.